Author Topic: Just had a read at a novel of Waterloo called 'The Limits of Glory'... (Read 930 times)

Harry Faversham · « **on:** 31 August 2020, 08:42:43 PM »

The book's blurb says it does for the battle what 'Killer Angels' did for Gettysburg, it doesn't. Still, it's an enjoyable romp through the last few days of Boneypart's innings though. All the usual bits are there, Ney's beetroot melon exploding all over the field as his gaffer sulks in the wings and British gunners dismantling the wheels from their 6pdrs on the very tips of the Imperial Guard's lances!
But what saved the book, in my 'umble opinion, was the author's treatment of Blucher, his senior Occifers and the Prussian Army...
he brings them all to life and they really march through the mud and gore and off the page. The author's a Yank, so he kind of forgets the prime directive of all Waterloo scribblings, to airbrush the Prussians from the entire shebang of His Grace's triumph, he even gives credit to a shower of Dutch/Belgians for contributing to the rout of the Old Guard!
A good book for a half hour bedtime read.
I'm so taken by the Proosians that I've finally finished my Airfix Prussian Army after 25 years of dicking about! They'll be marching to the sound of the guns in our first proper face to face game since lockdown.

Roo · « **Reply #1 on:** 31 August 2020, 08:56:58 PM »

Bravo, good man sir. Look forward to seeing the horses of blue on the field of battle soon.

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #2 on:** 03 September 2020, 12:14:50 AM »

La Fate Church on the outskirts of Ligny. both sides about to find the limits of glory!

Harry Faversham · « **Reply #3 on:** 03 September 2020, 12:22:11 AM »

The opposing Generals...
Marshal Peeair le Tosspot consults with a Colonel of the Guard. The Prussian, General August Von Richter, enjoys a pipe as long as his sabre, as he contemplates his hatred of all things French.